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Issue No. 159 1st November 2020
Armistice Day
Armistice Day has been observed every year since 1919 with a two-minute silence at 11am on 11 November across the nation.
This year on Remembrance Day, Wednesday 11th November, we’re asking the nation to pause - mute your phone, close your laptop, switch off the telly – for just two minutes and pay your respects to our Armed Forces Community, past and present and observe Remembrance Silence from your doorstep.
Please could the village support the Royal British Legion by displaying poppies in their windows for Remembrance Sunday 8th November.
A poppy for your window can be obtained from:
https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/ways-to-give/donate
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY AT KINGSDON – 8 November 2020
In line with government and central CoE guidelines we cannot have a service or meeting on Remembrance Sun-day. However, as a reminder to Kingsdonites about the Two Minute Silence, a bell will be tolled in the Church until 15 seconds before 11 a.m.. Keith is having a practice and will play the Last Post by the porch. A further bell will announce the end of the two minutes.
Anyone who is passing may care to observe this outside the Church, maintaining Covid safe practices for your own health and safety.
Kingsdon PCC
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2020
To all Parishioners
As a result of the continuing COVID-19 restrictions, there will sadly be no Remembrance Sunday service this year in Kingsdon on 8th November, and no gatherings inside or outside the Church are permitted.
A Service of Remembrance will, however, be held in Somerton on 8th November starting at 10.50 a.m. The lists of names from Somerton, Kingsdon and The Charltons will be read out and the 2-minutes silence at 11.00 a.m. will be observed.
The service in Somerton will follow the British Legion format but places for it will be strictly limited. If you wish to follow the service via Zoom or on the telephone please phone Alan Symonds on 01458 272029 or Nick or Bel on 840878 and they will let you have the relevant links.
A separate note about arrangements in Kingsdon follows.
Kingsdon PCC
Receive the Kingsdon Chronicle by Email.
Why not receive the Kingsdon Chronicle by Email. Not only will you see it in full colour but also save on printing costs and paper. Just send your Email address to me at: [email protected] - and I will do the rest. Thanks Wally
Late news just in from All Saint’s Rev Alan Symonds will lead a short said Service of Worship at All Saints this coming Sunday 1st November at 9.30 a.m. All are welcome but please book your place by phoning Alan on 01458 272029. We will look forward to seeing you there. KPC
All Saints Church, Kingsdon.
Priest in Charge: Revd Alan Symonds Tel/Fax 01458 272029 (For arrangement of Baptisms, Weddings and other occa-sional services) Church Warden: Mrs Bel Allan Tel. 01935 840878 Parochial Church Council: Secretary: Nicholas J. Allan Tel 01935 840878 Treasurer: Tony Steele-Perkins 01935 840184 Tower Captain: Jackie Ellis Tel 01935 840344
From the Vicarage
November is the month of Remembrance. Sunday 8th November this year is Remembrance Sunday and 11 am on Wednesday 11th November is the anniversary of the end of the first world war. In other years we have been able to gather in numbers around the war memorials to remember those who have died or suffered in war, but this year due to Coronavirus we cannot. At the time of writing, in this area, we are limited to no more than six people gath-ered in any one place, indoors or outdoors. Those six, if from different households or bubbles, to be socially dis-tanced from each other.
Having ministered at a number of funerals and one wedding, I am aware of just how difficult this is. When we meet our family, we are drawn to them and instinctively close the gap between us. All of our instincts push us to-wards some form of physical contact albeit a handshake, a pat on the arm, or throw the restrictions out of the win-dow, and go for a full hug. We have the need to show our love, especially when we either haven’t seen them for a time or see them upset.
There has been a lot of talk about the Government imposed restrictions, and areas of the UK are in various forms of lock down or restrictions. People when interviewed on the radio or television invariably talk about the loss of their rights or the loss of their freedom to do what they want. Business owners talk about the potential loss of their business if they are not allowed to trade. This is all negative, pessimistic, cup half empty stuff. We seem to have lost sight of the fact that a hidden killer, Covid-19, stalks among us and is regrettably claiming new victims every day. So, the restrictions are not to remove our rights, or make our lives difficult, but are to preserve our lives, the lives of those we love, and the lives of those around us.
During any time of national crisis there are many acts of selfless sacrifice carried out by individuals and groups. Many of those are unseen and unremembered but vitally important to those who benefit. This time is no different. Whilst coronavirus is not that prevalent in this area, we can still show our love for neighbours, friends and families by wearing masks, sanitizing hands and leaving space just as if it was. By these steps we show in practical ways that we do “love our neighbours as we love ourself” and are willing to put ourselves out for their sake, a selfless act.
With every blessing
Alan Symonds
The Services from Somerton will also be on Video or on the telephone. Links are :-
Join the Video meeting www.zoom.us/join/ Meeting ID: 781 317 8193 Passcode: 776870
Or Join the free conference call meeting Join online https://join.freeconferencecall.com/somertonvicar Or call 0330 606 0403 from your home telephone and when prompted put in the access code 769 354 followed by the # key. Calls are at local landline rates.
Sun 1st Nov
All Saints (White)
9:30 Kingsdon 11am Somerton
Wed 4th Nov 10am HC Somerton
Sun 8th November
Remembrance Sunday (Red) 10:50 Remembrance Service Somerton
Wed 11th Nov 10am HC Somerton
Sun 15th Nov
2nd
before Advent (Red or Green) 9:30 HC C. Adam or C. Mackrell
11am HC Somerton
Wed 18th Nov 10am HC Somerton
Sun 22nd
Nov Christ the King (Red)
9:30 Kingsdon 11am Somerton
Wed 25th Nov 10am HC Somerton
Sun 29th Nov
Advent Sunday (Purple) 9:30 C. Adam or C. Mackrell
11am Somerton
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GLOW WORMS By Peter Crowter
When the lady glow worm is looking for love, She sends out a glow that is seen from above.
A male on the wing pleased to see the green light, Knows he’s on a promise much to his delight.
The glow worm’s a beetle and no worm at all, And could be described as an insect oddball. When it is a larvae it eats slugs and snails, But when it’s an adult then all eating fails.
When it is grown up it has one thing in mind,
The male seeks that light on the females behind. ‘Tis quite a good system I think you’ll agree, No misunderstanding when making whoopee.
When we first got married my wife Anne and I, We lived in a cottage perched up fairly high.
‘Twas Cooks Cary Cottage some of you may know, At night you could find it when glow worms did glow.
They lived on the bank between garden and road Each side of our gate was where most of them glowed.
Especially written for Ian Dibben who is conducting a glow worm survey.
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Kingsdon Village Hall
For all information (except bookings) contact: - David Thomson, Park Farmhouse, Lower Rd. Kingsdon TA11 7LL Tel:01935 841453
For bookings contact Marilyn Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444 Email [email protected]
Bookings for December Fridays 6-8pm Puppy Training Sunday 2pm - 4pm National Table Tennis coaching (Private) Thursday 12th 7.30pm Parish Council Meeting
The Kingsdon Jubilee Fund Trustees
Chairman: Andy Fryer, Secretary: Martin Gilmore, Treasurer: Tim Taylor,
Trustees: Ian Dibben, Mark Freeman, Beverley Fulton, Robert Fulton, Chris Taylor.
Kingsdon Cricket Club
Chairman / Secretary : Marilyn Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, Somerton, TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444 Mobile 07990673935. Email: [email protected] Team Selection: Ian Birrell Watersmeet, Huish Episcopi, Langport. TA10 9HE Tel 01458 259231 07817959709 Trustees: B. Carlisle, I. Birrell, J. Schofield Captain / Treasurer: J. Schofield
Kingsdon Table Tennis Club
The Table Tennis Club play in the Village Hall on Tuesday evenings between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. If you are interested then please contact Martin Singleton on 841162 or just come along.
Kingsdon Afternoon Club
The Afternoon Club meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 3pm in the Village Hall. New members (any age) are always welcome. For information contact Richards South tel: 840912
Kingsdon Boules & Croquet Club
Members meet at the Kingsdon Cricket Ground every Thurs-day between 2 and 4 pm. The club welcomes new members or just come along to enjoy a taster session followed by tea and cake in the club house.
Taster sessions for Boules or Croquet can be arranged on oth-er days / evenings to suit.
For more information contact:-
Nina Carlisle 01935 840933 email [email protected] Sally Smith 01935 842094 Phyl Winsor 01935 840384
Kingsdon Knitting Club
(Knitting for Good Causes)
The Knitters meet on the second Saturday of the month at 10.30am to midday in the Community Shop.
For information please contact: Linda Rumbles 01935 840132 or Babs Conway 01935 841811
Kingsdon Village Hall
Fund raising to maintain our hall
I have decided to try fundraising for the village hall as the income since the Coronavirus lock-
down has been negligible, but we still have to maintain the building.
We shall be holding a Kingsdon Christmas Grand Draw on Sunday 20th December in the hall un-
der social distancing with the first prize being a superb hamper worth over £250, donated by Alan
& Gillian Carnall, another top prize will be an envelope containing £100. Ian is giving Kingsdon
Honey and I will be donating a Christmas Cake, Yule Log, Christmas Drinks Hamper and paying
the cost of the licence and printing.
To help with the sale of raffle tickets we need more prizes, this is where kind Kingsdon residents
can help by donating prizes please, I would appreciate if you could leave these together with the
raffle ticket stubs in the delivery box in my porch at 4 Manor Close.
We have registered the raffle with SSDC and had the raffle tickets printed, which will be delivered
with this letter and a return addressed envelope to every household. Many thanks
Marilyn Elliott Chairman, Kingsdon Village Hall
Please make cheques payable to Kingsdon Village Hall
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Following on from the success of the Summer Photo competition the Kingsdon Chronicle will be holding a winter competition during the months of December / January / February for anyone living in Kingsdon or their grandchil-dren, wherever they live, all entries submitted by 6th March 2021.
There will be two categories, 16 years and under and over 16’s.
As grandchildren may not be able to visit Kingsdon this Winter their photographs can be taken anywhere
The judges will once again be former professional photographers Laura Jones and her mum Lu. who have set the subject of the competition. Your photographs should contain People and / or Animals doing something that puts a smile on the judges faces, better still, makes them laugh!
The quality of the photo will be of little concern to the judges so you don’t need a mega expensive camera, your phone will be good enough.
Entries to be sent to The Kingsdon Chronicle at 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, Somerton, TA11 7LW as a print of any size on standard paper or emailed as a jpeg to the Kingsdon Chronicle at [email protected] or by mobile phone to 07990 673935 Please ensure the name and contact details of all photographers are sent with all entries
All entrants, if they wish, may send up to 3 photographic entries taken by them.
Please contact Wally Elliott for any queries you may have.
Adult 1st prize £20 Kingsdon Shop Voucher Under 16’s not resident in Kingsdon £20 cash or £20 voucher if resident.
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KINGSDON COMMUNITY SHOP
NOVEMBER NEWS
CHANGE OF OPENING HOURS From Nov 2nd the village shop will be open until 1pm Mon – Sat.
KCS CHRISTMAS 2020 Christmas has arrived at KCS!
Knitted Decorations
Knitted decorations (above) containing Chocolate Oranges £4
These knitted ornaments (left) are £3 each
We also have knitted sets of 9 different designs for £25
Smaller decorations (right)
£2.50 each or 3 for £7
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Christmas Cakes
This year we have Homemade Christmas Cakes to order, made by our very own Isobel Thomson, all in aid of the
Village Shop.
There are three sizes
6” round cake (approx. 1.5kg) @ £16.50
7” round cake (approx. 2kg) @ £21.50
8” round cake (approx. 2.5kg) @ £26.50
Two designs – Candles or Christmas Trees
These are ‘mock ups’ of the real thing where the colour will be more intense and both will have red ribbon around.
The recipe is based on a traditional celebration fruit cake and contains gluten, nuts and brandy.
Last orders Nov 30th. Collection from w/c Dec 14th.
Order early to avoid disappointment, as if lots of orders are received nearing the end date, we may have to close
orders early.
Christmas Raffle Lastly, we will once again be running our Annual Christmas Raffle and would like to request donations for this.
Any new gifts will be gratefully accepted. Please leave any donations in the shop. Thank you. Tickets for sale in
November. Winners announced on Sat 19 Dec.
KCS Customer Advertising Board If you have had time to sort out your cupboards over the last few months, you may wish to place an advert for
those unwanted items on the Shop Customer Advertising Board. Ads are free and will remain up for 6 weeks. If
anyone would like to donate some or all of any proceeds, they will be gratefully accepted!
New KCS Committee In early October we held the KCS Annual Meeting.
Our thanks go to Martin Singleton who stepped down from his position as Chair and also to Julie McClatchy.
The elected Committee for 2020/21
Isobel Thomson Chair
Andy Fryer Treasurer
Chris Taylor Secretary
Ann Leahy
Beverley Fulton
Tony Steele-Perkins
Nina Carlisle
KCS Database If you would like to receive updates from Kingsdon Community Shop on offers, News, Events etc, please drop us
an email giving permission at [email protected]
We do not share your email or use it for anything other than Shop business.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me or any of the committee members
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Cllr. Brian Payne Vice-Chairman
Email: [email protected]
Westgate, Top St. Kingsdon TA11 7JU Tel: 01935 842058
(Former school field Parish Council) link)
[email protected] [email protected]
[email protected] Tel 07899790713
Allotment & Church Link
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 07815898065 (Trees)
Draft MINUTES OF THE KINGSDON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY 8h October 2020 IN THE VILLAGE HALL AT 7.30pm
Parishioner comment time:
Question – village plan is virtually ready to go. It is on hold at the moment until the decision is made about the
potential build. It is unlikely that more changes will occur, all comments have been included. A parishioner was
wondering if there would be any further changes in light of covid and the focus on ecological issues because so
much has changed recently. D.Beswick would welcome examples.
We don’t know what the two issues are for the planning department to deal with regarding the Kingsdon Estate
planning application– we have only been told that there were two issues.
Present:
Mr David Beswick (Chairman), Mr B. Paine (Vice-Chairman), Mr A. Anderson, Mr G. Osborne (Parish Council-
lors); Mr K. Tridgell (RFO); Mrs Kate Hatt (Parish Clerk); plus 7 parishioners.
1. Apologies:
Mr D. Ruddle (County Councillor); Charlie Hull (District Councillor), T. Capozzoli (District councillor), Mr I
Dibben, Mrs S Mackay and Mr P. Waters.
2. Declarations of Interest:
None other than those already declared.
3. Minutes:
The minutes the monthly Parish Council meeting held on the 10thSeptember 2020, which had been previously cir-
culated, were proposed by G.Osborne and seconded by B.Paine , and unanimously approved and signed.
4. Matters arising not covered by agenda items:
D.Beswick has written objecting to the tree removal and copied in Phil Poulton.
K.Hatt email parishioners about use of community transport, even though this service is currently available to pa-
rishioners, there is currently no-one making use of it. Therefore it was concluded that the Parish Council would
not make a donation.
5. Chairman’s Report:
D.Beswick had a visit from a District councillor, the planning office is in somewhat disarray – several have left,
they are using agency workers, and a main employee has been absent with a family illness.
Therefore the Kingsdon Estate application has still not gone to the committee.
6. Correspondence:
Letter from SCC about the one unitary authority, who are holding virtual meetings for councillors to attend should
they wish. There is a survey that any councillor can reply to individually should they wish. Page 10
7.1 and 7.2 Finance- report and cheque signing.
These payments were proposed by G.Osborne, seconded by B.Paine, all in favour.
Financial Regulations
D.Beswick explained the need to make an amendment to the regulations to include provision for the RFO to carry out on-line banking within the same expenditure limits currently given to the Clerk. Relevant sections 3 and 6.
The words will be amended to included the RFO and increase the amount that the clerk and RFO can approve in emergency to £500.
Payments come through the clerk, but then the RFO pays them. Wording to change to reflect this.
B.Paine proposed these amendments, G.Osborne seconded, all in favour.
Action: K.Hatt to make the necessary amendments and forward to councillors.
8. Date of next meeting
12th November 2020.
The Chairman closed the meeting at 7.48 pm
KPC Account Opening balance as at 01.09.2020 £16,488.32 Net Cheque /Standing Order Cleared Balance £308.34 Payments/Transfer In £0.00 Transfer Out £0.00 Closing Balance as at 30.09.2020 £16,179.98 Uncleared Items- 10/09/20 SALC Fee Chq 100625 £95.11 £95.11 True Balance as at 30.09.2020 £16,084.87
Savings Account Opening balance as at 01.09.2020 £24,310.61 Net Cheque Balance £0.00 Interest - £3.36 Transfer In £0.00 Transfer Out - £0.00 Closing Balance as at 30.09.2020 £24,313.97
Asset Savings Ac-
count Opening balance as at 01.09.2020 £17,553.98 Transfer In - £0.00 Interest £2.43 Transfer Out £0.00 Closing Balance as at 30.09.2020 £17,556.41
Clerk Services Standing Order (will be adjusted for PAYE at
year end) of £100pm June 2019 until further notice and RFO
Services Payroll as from 04.2020
KPCM 11/4/19
(Clerk)
Kate Hatt - Clerk services £100.00 Standing order
K Tridgell - RFO Services £120.00 Standing order
GTH - Village field/Allotments Rent £240.00 Chq 100629
HMRC Mth 6 PAYE £24.00 Chq 100630
Cary Traders - Hedge cutting £510.00 Chq 100631
TOTAL ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURE - Up to
06.10.2020 £994.00
Amount approval (less S.O. pre approved clerk & RFO) £774.00
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A303 Stonehenge contractors named
The winning contractors for our archaeology and preliminary works have been announced. To make sure the project is ready to move on if we get the green light in November, the contracts have been awarded ahead of the decision to enable the two successful companies to start pre-planning their work. They are not expected to start on-site until late spring 2021.
One of the largest companies in the sector, Wessex Archaeology will be joining the project as archaeological specialists in a contract worth £35 million. They’ll be carrying out excavations and work to record and preserve any archaeological finds.
They will also be helping to raise awareness of the importance of the archaeology and landscape by running a public archae-ology and community engagement programme over the next few years. Local communities and visitors to Stonehenge will have a chance to learn about and engage with the heritage of the area.
Our £8.5 million preliminary works contract has been awarded to Osborne. They will be responsible for work that needs to be done before the actual construction starts, including site clearance, making sure we’ve protected local wildlife, getting us con-nected to water and some small road improvements.
Reference 20/02689/HOU
Application Validated Tue 22 Sep 2020
Applicant Mrs L. Lloyd
Address 10 Chapel Hill, Kingsdon, Somerton, TA11 7LN
Proposal Erection of a two storey side extension, a single storey rear extension, oak framed entrance porch and oak framed carport
Status Awaiting decision
Reference 20/02456/TPO
Application Validated Wed 02 Sep 2020
Applicant Mr David Healey
Address 2 Lime Tree Close Kingsdon Somerton TA11 7ER
Proposal Application to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No 1 Tree within a South Somerset District
Council NEW Tree Preservation Order
Status Application permitted with conditions
South Somerset District Council Planning Applications
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Reference 20/03083/TCA
Application Validated Fri 23 Oct 2020
Applicant Mr Mainwaring
Address Waylands Cottage Kingsdon Somerton Somerset TA11 7LF
Proposal Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery works to No 1 Tree within a Conservation Area
Status Awaiting decision
Fireworks: the law
You cannot buy ‘adult’ fireworks if you’re under 18, and it’s against the law for anyone to set off fireworks be-tween 11pm and 7am, except on certain occasions.
Adult fireworks are category 2 and 3 fireworks - they do not include things like party poppers.
Category 4 fireworks can only be used by professionals.
The law says you must not set off or throw fireworks (including sparklers) in the street or other public places.
You must not set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am, except for: Bonfire Night, when the cut off is midnight,
New Year’s Eve, Diwali and Chinese New Year, when the cut off is 1am
Check with your council to find out about any local rules for setting off fireworks.
Get information about firework safety from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the Health and Safety Executive.
Buying fireworks
You can only buy fireworks (including sparklers) from registered sellers for private use on these dates:
• 15 October to 10 November
• 26 to 31 December
• 3 days before Diwali and Chinese New Year
At other times you can only buy fireworks from licensed shops.
You can be fined up to £5,000 and imprisoned for up to 6 months for selling or using fireworks illegally.
You could also get an on-the-spot fine of £90.
PLEASE REMEMBER - There are a lot of DOGS, CATS, HORSES and other PETS in Kingsdon.
Please notify Claire Dickie at World Horse Welfare, Glenda Spooner Farm, Brincil Hill, Kingsdon, - Email: [email protected] Tel: 01935 841442 and also your neighbours who have pets, the details, if you intend to hold a Fireworks Event in Kingsdon.
BONFIRES - Check for hibernating Hedgehogs before lighting
SCAM ‘Parcel Delivery Service’ HOAX
It is that time of the year again, when on the lead up to Christmas, a message is circulated concerning ‘Parcel Delivery Service or just PDS’.
This refers to a Scam that originated in 2006 and was subsequently shut down. Unfortunately, however, people are still circulat-ing warnings of this Scam, either trying to scare people, or believing they are doing people a favour by warnings them of it.
If you receive a letter, card, email or telephone message that contains ‘Parcel Delivery Service or just PDS’, even if it purported to come from a Police Force, Post Office or any other official organisation the most sensible thing to do is D|ELETE IT. Do not pass it on, all you will be doing is perpetuating this HOAX
Wally
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The success of the Fleet Air Arm attack on the Italian Battle fleet at Taranto in 1940 changed the course of history.
The innovative and brave attack by 20 Swordfish aircraft launched from HMS Illustrious not only unleashed the
devastating effect of carrier air power and changed the balance of power in the Mediterranean – it also gave Win-
ston Churchill a decisive and triumphant victory to raise the country’s morale at a time it really needed it!
This year on the 80th anniversary, we holding a 'virtual' Taranto night on
Wednesday 11 November 2020
Like the Pandemic Proms, Navy Wings will be hosting a special Taranto 80 ‘Dinners for Six’ celebration on
Wednesday 11 November 2020 with guests invited to join the traditional toast to the
‘Men of Taranto’ by Zoom at 19.00.
Taranto 80 ‘Dinners for Six’ can be held anywhere – in your own home, garden, mess, ship, or village hall.
Join the ‘virtual top table’ with Admiral Sir George Zambellas GCB DSC (President Navy Wings), Rear Admiral
Tom Cunningham CBE (Chairman Navy Wings), Rear Admiral Simon Charlier CBE (Chairman FAA Officers
Association), Rear Admiral Martin Connell (Rear Admiral Fleet Air Arm) and Commodore Jock Alexander OBE
(Chairman Fly Navy Federation) for a short celebration of Taranto 80 between 19.00-19.30. Admirals Zambellas
and Connell will make short speeches followed by a Toast to ‘the Men of Taranto’, whereupon the Zoom
conference will cease and you can continue unfettered with your own celebrations.
We would like each table to submit a photo or video to show how they have celebrated this not to be forgotten Ta-
ranto Night. The host of the table who submits the most imaginative photo or video that captures the spirit of the
evening will receive a special prize from Navy Wings.
Help us ensure that this year’s important 80th anniversary and the indomitable spirit of the men of Taranto is
celebrated in style!
Table of Six: £60 donation to Navy Wings
Dress: The Navy Wings table will be in Mess Kit or Black Tie with miniatures and Fleet Air Arm cummerbund.
You should dress appropriately for your situation.
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Navy Wings Flight Store
Keeping Historic Naval Aircraft Flying Page 17
Article published at the request of Tom Bradbeer
It has been brought to the attention of some of the residents of Top Street, that Estate Agents Greenslade Taylor Hunt have been tasked by the Bath & Wells Diocese to explore the possi-bility of creating a new, large, vehicular access from Top Street into the Glebe field and in the process reducing the height of the hedge to just 0.9m for virtually the entirety of its length, some 110 metres.
The Diocese say it is to give them their own access separate to that from The Kingsdon Estate (who own part of the Glebe Field) and say it is for ‘agricultural purposes’.
If that is the case, then this portion of the Glebe field already has its own gateway in place, although it has become overgrown in recent years. The gate (towards North Town junction) is still in place in the hedgerow and the Limes planted by the Parish Council in the 1980s have been spaced to match this existing gateway.
There is, therefore, no need for a new largescale third access into the Glebe field if 'agricultural use' is what the purpose of the exercise is?
If you are concerned about the visual impact that this will have on Top Street, Loss of Hedge-row, Wildlife impact, Glebe field being an asset of community value, little need for what will be a third larger access into the field, it being at odds with the village design statement (or other points you may wish to raise) write to- Mr Robert Baker, GTH, 75-77 High Street, Burnham on Sea, Somerset, TA8 1PE. [email protected]
The Next Kingsdon Parish Council Meeting
Thursday 12th November in the Village Hall (Covid-19 Conditions apply)
Th Kingsdon Automated External Defibrillator is located at the Kingsdon Inn Cottage
The Access Code is C175Y In the event of a person having a cardiac arrest Immediately dial 999 for the Ambulance Service
Commence CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and Send for the Defibrillator
Kingsdon Chronicle 100 Club
The Kingsdon Chronicle 100 Club is the means by which Kingsdon Residents and friends can give financial sup-port towards the production costs of the Chronicle and other activities such as quizzes etc.
Your annual membership of the Kingsdon Chronicle 100 club is now due for renewal. ( If not already done so)
If you would like to renew please fill in the form on page 25 and return it with your remittance (Cheques payable to The Kingsdon Chronicle) to either Gillian Carnall at 50 Kingsdon or to Wally at 4 Manor Close.
By renewing you will be entered in the December Draw for a 1st prize of £50, 2nd prize £20 and 3rd prize of £15
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Kingsdon 100 Club October Winners
1st 41 Ian Fordham
2nd 31 Martin Gilmore
3rd 94 Phil Waters
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A 4 year old boy was asked to give thanks before a big Christmas dinner. The family members bowed their heads in expectation. He began his prayer, thanking God for all his friends, naming them one by one. Then he thanked God for Mommy, Daddy, brother, sister, Grandma, Grandpa, and all his aunts and uncles. Then he began to thank God for the food. He gave thanks for the turkey, the dressing, the fruit salad, the cranberry sauce, the pies, the cakes, even the Cool Whip. Then he paused, and everyone waited--and waited. After a long silence, the young fellow looked up at his mother and asked, "If I thank God for the sprouts, won't he know that I'm lying?" I went to my doctor for the 15th time this year today. He said ‘sir, I think you may have hypochondria.’ I replied ‘oh no, not on top of everything else!’ I told my wife our marriage was at an end when she flooded the bathroom…...I said 'It's over, Flo… Prince Charles arrives in Iran on an official visit. He says to the President, 'Where's the Shah?' 'What do you mean?' says the President. 'There is no Shah. We got rid of the Shah years ago.' 'Okay,' says Prince Charles. 'In that case I'll have a bath.' I was looking for a sofa to buy, and the salesman pointed to one and said, “This one can seat three people without any problems.” I said, “Where the heck am I going to find three people without any problems?” Swan Vesta FC are looking for a striker for their next match. Anybody interested in a free ride in a helicopter for 4 peo-ple?! I'm still looking for 2 more people to join us. We leave early Saturday (October 31st) morning from Yeovil Leonardo’s and will fly to Sandbanks where we will have breakfast and then on a yacht for lunch. Then, we’ll do a flight along the coast and flying home to Yeovil in time for dinner. If interested please pm me.. Preferably someone with a helicopter and yacht, otherwise we can't go… After careful study of the Louvre building plans and months of meticulous planning, he was able to evade all the security and stole several priceless paintings. He then loaded the paintings into his van parked nearby. Just as he was about to leave, he heard the alarm go off in the building. Without a moment's hesitation, he kicked the van into high gear and sped away. However, his van ran out of gas less than 5 minutes later, and he was caught and arrested by the police. "I don't understand", Said the police officer. "How could you plan all that so carefully, yet forget to fill up your gas tank?" To which the thief replied:
"But monsieur! Zat is exactly why I stole ze paintings! I had no Monet, to buy Degas, to make ze Van Gogh!" Yesterday my husband thought he saw a cockroach in the kitchen. He sprayed everything down and cleaned thor-oughly. Today I’m putting the cockroach in the bathroom.
Five blokes in an Audi Quattro arrived at the ferry check-point in Harwich, Essex. Tracey, in her brand new uniform, stops them and tells them: "I can't let you on the ferry. It is illegal to have 5 people in a Quattro. Quattro means four. One of you will have to get out and stay behind." "Quattro is just the name of the car," the driver replies disbe-lievingly. "Look at the papers: this car is designed to carry five persons." "You cannot pull that one on me. This is Tracey you're talk-ing to here," she replies with a smile. "Quattro means four. You have five people in your car and you are therefore breaking the law. So I can't let you onto the ferry. It's more than my job's worth to let you all on." The driver is now very cross and replies angrily, "I've had enough of you. Call your supervisor over. I want to speak to someone with more intelligence!" "Sorry," responds Tracey, "but Sharon is busy with those two blokes in the Fiat Uno." It was very crowded at the supermarket, and the elderly cus-tomer in front of me had a large order. As the helpful check-out girl lifted the final bag for her, its bottom gave way, sending the contents crashing to the floor. "They just don't make these bags like they used to” she quipped to the customer. "That was supposed to happen in your driveway" A European woman told me how tall she was in cm. I asked what that was in Imperial units She said she can't do that "foreign height". I told her, "No, that's for temperature. Tall is feet and inches!"
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November Collection Dates for Kingsdon
Wheelie Bins Tuesdays 10th & 24th
Kerbside Collection Every Tuesday
Green Bins Fridays 13th & 27th
Garden waste collections Will not take place on Friday 25 December 2020 – Friday 8 January 2021 (inclusive).
Disposing of your Christmas Trees after 12th night
Hello everyone
I am emailing you as you took part in our Christmas Tree Recycling service last year; unfortunately we will be unable to offer the service this year as our workload won’t allow for the loss of the staff or wood chippers follow-ing the loss of production during the Covid-19 lockdown period. Alternatively, we have liaised with Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) to provide the following advice: Where possible, SWP and SSDC would like to encourage people to consider replanting trees, home composting or adding them to a corner of the garden as a wild habitat. Where that’s not possible, anyone subscribing to the SWP Garden Waste Service can leave their tree out next to their garden waste bin for collection. The usual re-strictions apply – branches should be less than 15cm or less in width. Anyone not subscribing to the service can take trees to any of the county’s 16 recycling sites https://www.somersetwaste.gov.uk/recycling/centres/ for the garden waste skips. Composted trees – part of the 50% of your recycling that stays in Somerset and 90% that stays in the UK – become Revive soil conditioner sold at recycling sites. Other collection points may be available at the time, and together, SSDC and SWP will endeavour to publicise these where possible. We apologise for any disappointment this may cause and hope we will be able to have the service back up and running next year, and thank you for your understanding. If you have any queries of concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind regards Ceri Owen, Case Officer - Horticulture Environmental Services
South Somerset District Council +441935462836
Christmas Greetings in the Chronicle - Only 50p
As in previous years the Kingsdon Chronicle offers its readers the opportunity to have Christmas Greetings posted in the Chronicle to save on sending out cards locally.
All greetings will appear in the Christmas issue of the Chroni-cle which will be published on 23rd December. If you wish to use this service please notify the Chronicle a.s.a.p. (as editing many messages with graphics is quite time consuming). Please include the message you would like to be used or let us know if you would like us to do the wording for you. If renewing your 100+ Club membership why not add 50p to cover the cost of your greeting (Wally)
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LOGS FOR
SALE Well Seasoned
Hardwood Logs
for Sale
Free Delivery in Kingsdon
Contact: Austin
Tel 07879690941
Runner Duck
Pet & Poultry Supplies Ltd
Unit 16 Cary Court,
Somerton Business Park,
Bancombe Road,
Somerton, Somerset,
UK TA11 6SB
Tel: 01458 898020
Whether your pet be big or small, we will do our best to cater for all..
Garden Compost
Organic Compost Delivered to Kingsdon
4 x 40 litre bags only £10 - Phone Paul Attwell on 07523 739789
for details and order your compost
Simon Whatley
Plumbing & Heating
Glebelands, Bineham Lane, Yeovilton,
Yeovil, Somerset. BA22 8EZ
Tel: 07794 784108
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Kingsdon 100+ Club - Funding The Kingsdon Chronicle
Dear All
The Kingsdon 100+ Club is the main fund raiser for the Kingsdon Chronicle, which together with some generous donations and a contribution from our Parish Council covers all the production costs, which include the necessary software, hardware, printer and printing and all consumables such as paper etc. All production, editing and printing is done by Wally Elliot at his home, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon, TA11 7LW. How the 100 + Club works
Monthly Prizes
1st 2nd 3rd
£15 £10 £5
December Prizes
1st 2nd 3rd
£50 £20 £15
There are 10 monthly draws per year (not January and August), normally drawn on the first Thursday of the month. Prizes will be paid by cheque or cash and posted/delivered to the winners.
Membership costs £12 per year per member. You will be allocated a number between 1 and 100+ which stays the same throughout the membership. All 100+ numbers are entered in to the draw and the prizes will be allocated to the 3 winning numbers as above. You can cancel at any time but refunds will not be given.
To join or re-new your membership please fill in the attached form and return it to Gillian Carnall, 50 Kingsdon (corner of Top Street/Silver Street) or Wally Elliott at 4 Manor Close. (please mark envelope ‘100+club’) with a cheque for £12 per member made payable to The Kingsdon Chronicle. All entries received by the 25th of the month will be entered in the next month’s draw. Membership is one per person so why not persuade all members of your family to join, membership is open to anyone, no matter where they live?
Membership is one per person so why not persuade all members of your family to join, membership is open to anyone, no matter where they live? Join the 100+ Club before 25th November and be entered for the December big draw
Yours sincerely
Wally Elliott Please fill in the form on the next page (please mark envelope ‘100+club’) with a cheque or cash for £12 per member made payable to The Kingsdon Chronicle. You can return it to Gillian Carnall, 50 Kingsdon (corner of Top Street/Silver Street) or Wally Elliott at 4 Manor Close.
Alternately you can pay by ’Faster Pay’ using your iPhone
Please email or phone me for bank details.
Email: [email protected] Phone: 07990673935
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The Kingsdon Chronicle
The Kingsdon Chronicle is an independent journal published monthly and is financed by voluntary donation. Cheques payable to ‘The Kingsdon Chronicle’
The Kingsdon Chronicle welcomes correspondence from its readers “All contributors to The Kingsdon Chronicle are required to give written permission to the Editor for their material to be published on the village website.
The Kingsdon Chronicle reserves the right to edit items for publication. Contributed letters and articles printed in The Kingsdon Chronicle do not necessarily reflect the views of The Kingsdon Chronicle production team.
The editor will assume that all material supplied is original, or from copyright free sources. (It is the contributor’s responsibility to gain any necessary permissions and to provide acknowledgments).
” Editor: Wallace Elliott, 4 Manor Close, Kingsdon.TA11 7LW Tel 01935 841444, Mobile 07990673935,
Email: [email protected] www.kingsdon.org/kingsdon-chronicle/
The Kingsdon Chronicle 100+ Club Membership Form
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Please fill in the above form and return it (please mark envelope ‘100+club’) with a cheque for £12 per member
made payable to The Kingsdon Chronicle to Gillian Carnall, 50 Kingsdon (corner of Top Street/Silver Street) or
Wally Elliott at 4 Manor Close.
Alternately you can pay by ’Faster Pay’ using your iPhone
Please email or phone me for bank details. Email: [email protected] Phone: 07990673935